Please help me with my first self build

[darkfader]

Hi folks...

My current pc has become an ageing beast on the verge of meltdown. It was/is a self build itself, put together by my brother.

I've decided after 5 years of tinkering with upgrades and replacement parts, i feal confident enough to attempt to build a new one myself.

I cannot get help from my bro as he is many hundreds of miles away and not contactable, so i hope you good people will be able to help with the fine details of my build.

Here's what i've picked out so far from OcUK:

I also have a couple of 500GB sata HDD's that can be butchered from my old/current computer... and further down the line i will be intending on picking up a couple more HDD's


Now.. this is where the help is needed:

1) I have no idea what cables i will need - could someone point me in the right direction (remembering i will want connections for upto 6 HDD's)

2) Have i missed anything blindingly obvious off the shopping list?


Any help would be gratefully appreciated

Many thanks

ADE

 

[darkfader]

Wow, i didn't expect so many replies so quick

I'll try and answer some of the points raised:

I guess if the GFX card blocks access to a HDD bay i can live with just 5.

I did notice the 'overclocked bundle' - i decided to give it a miss simple because the "UD3" mobo only has the 4 memory slots.

I'm a touch confused about the Sata PCI controller - as i'm apparently now down to 5 possible drives, would the controller need to be for 2 and the mobo does the other 3? Also how do you know there's 3 on the mobo, i can't see that on the spec sheet!


EDIT: - OK more of you have replied while i was composing that reply

 

[darkfader]

Theres 6, dont worry about it, if you ever did need more then you can buy a card which plugs into one of the PCI slots and gives you more SATA connectors but you shouldnt really need to do this anyway
Edit: correction theres 8, link

Thanks, i was just looking at that page from the link in your previous post... so i'm all sweet for SATA ports for now and in the future then

 

[darkfader]

Hmmmm.....

Is there no way to ammend an order once you've placed it?